20191031020539A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Beech 200 · New Braunfels, TX · October 31, 2019

Date
October 31, 2019 · 17:00 local
Place
New Braunfels, TX
Airport
New Braunfels Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N850BK
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA20CA054
Reported as
Beech 200
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
8,900 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On October 31, 2019 at 17:00 CDT, a Beech king air 200, N850BK, registered to RPM consulting LLC, suffered a bird strike to the pilots windshield. The aircraft was occupied with one pilot and one passenger 12 miles nw of intended destination New Braunfels Regional Airport, at an estimated altitude of 2900 feet and 200 knots + -20. The shattered glass seriously injured the pilot with fragments to the eyes and face. The pilot delcared an emergency with kbaz ATC and summoned the passenger from the rear of the aircraft to assist during the emergency from the right seat. Aircraft landed runway 17 rolling out to last third of the runway, met with EMS and fire response. Paramedics at the scene treated the ambulatory pilot injuries and transported him to the hospital.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 31, 2019 AT 17:00 CDT, A BEECH KING AIR 200, N850BK, REGISTERED TO RPM CONSULTING LLC, SUFFERED A BIRD STRIKE TO THE PILOTS WINDSHIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OCCUPIED WITH ONE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER 12 MILES NW OF INTENDED DESTINATION NEW BRAUNFELS REGIONAL AIRPORT, AT AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF 2900 FEET AND 200 KNOTS + -20. THE SHATTERED GLASS SERIOUSLY INJURED THE PILOT WITH FRAGMENTS TO THE EYES AND FACE. THE PILOT DELCARED AN EMERGENCY WITH KBAZ ATC AND SUMMONED THE PASSENGER FROM THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT TO ASSIST DURING THE EMERGENCY FROM THE RIGHT SEAT. AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 17 ROLLING OUT TO LAST THIRD OF THE RUNWAY, MET WITH EMS AND FIRE RESPONSE. PARAMEDICS AT THE SCENE TREATED THE AMBULATORY PILOT INJURIES AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.